Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first work of non-fiction (his third book), a collection of very personal essays - one which explore "the difficulties of finding one's place in the world without letting go of where we came from" - by this author who was named one of the best young fiction writers in the US by Granta magazine. SIGNED on the title page. 172 pp. ISBN: 1565123026.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first work of non-fiction (his third book), a collection of very personal essays by this author who was named one of the best young fiction writers in the US by Granta magazine. They explore "the difficulties of finding one's place in the world without letting go of where we came from. From his television-obsessed childhood in the North Carolina mountains to his new family, he presents his life with straightforward humanity." 172 pp. ISBN: 1565123026.

New York: Crown, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fascinating historical novel which entwines 3 apparently unrelated events from the beginning of the 17th century to the late 18th century: the establishment of the East India Trading Company, the massacre of the Huguenots at La Rochelle in France, and the writing of Lempriere's dictionary of classical mythology. Author was named one of the best young novelists by Granta Magazine in 1993. Winner of the Somerset Maugham award. ISBN: 0-517-581841.

New York: Crown, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fascinating historical novel which entwines 3 apparently unrelated events from the beginning of the 17th century to the late 18th century: the establishment of the East India Trading Company, the massacre of the Huguenots at La Rochelle in France, and the writing of Lempriere's dictionary of classical mythology. Author was named one of the best young novelists by Granta Magazine in 1993. Winner of the Somerset Maugham award. ISBN: 0-517-581841.

New York: Crown, 1992. First edition - Fascinating historical novel which entwines 3 apparently unrelated events from the beginning of the 17th century to the late 18th century: the establishment of the East India Trading Company, the massacre of the Huguenots at La Rochelle in France, and the writing of Lempriere's dictionary of classical mythology. Author was named one of the best young novelists by Granta Magazine in 1993. Winner of the Somerset Maugham award. ISBN: 0-517-581841.